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B. J. MILES.

WAGON BRAKE LEVER. No. 295,190. 8 Patented Mar. 18, 1884.

UNiTsn STATES PATENT Tries.

EDXVARD J. MILES, OF KELLOGG, IOWA, ASSIGXOR OF ONE-HALF TO H. M.

' COX, OF SAME PLACE.

WAGON-BRAKE LEVER.

SPECIFI'EDATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,190, dated March 18, 1884.

Application filed November 24, 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, EDWARD J. times,

of Kellogg, in the county of Jasper and State of Iowa, have invented an Improvement in Wagon Brakes, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention consists in the construction and combination of a compound lever and lever-1ocking device, as hereinafter fully set IO forth, in such manner that less force will be required to apply the brake-shoes to lock the wheels of a vehicle, no attention whatever being required from the operator in locking the lever and retaining the brakeshoes upon the l 5 wheels; simply a reverse motion made with the lever unlocks it and frees the brake from the wheels.

Figure 1 oi my accompanying drawings is aside View, showing my improved wagon- 2c; brake lever and automatic lever-locking device applied to a wagonbox, the lever in a locked position. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, showing theleverin anunlocked position. Together these figures clearly illustrate the construction, application, and operation of my complete invention.

a represents a segmental frame, adapted to have its ends'fixed against the outside ofa wagon-box in such a manner that a lever can be extended and operated between the frame and the box. A series of ratchet-teeth are formed in the upper or outer edge and in an arc of the frame.

I) is a handlever of the first order, pivoted 5 to the wagon-box in such a manner that the pivot or fulcrum will be in a concentric position relative to the ratchet-face are of the frame a.

a represents a curved bar or plate that may 0 be formed integral with the frame a. by castlog in a mold, or formed separately and combiued therewith by means of rivets or bolts, or in any suitable way.

c is a lever of the second order, thathas a '45 slot or bridle, c, at its lower end, through which slot a stud, 0, extends from the lower end and shortarm of the lever l), to form a sliding connection between the two levers.

d is a pawl, flexibly connected with the long arms of the two levers b and c, to serve as a link between the two levers, and also to per form the function of a pawl in automatically locking and unlocking the complete compound lever, as required in opera-ting a wagon-brake.

d is a slot in the pawl d, through which a stud, d extends from the long arm of the lever 0.

f is a rod, flexibly connected with the central portion of the lever c, to extend therefrom to the brake mechanismat the rear portion of the wagon.

Pulling forward the top end and long arm of the lever b, as required to throw the brakeshoesor friction'platcs against the peripheries of the wheels, causes the stud d in the slot- 6 or bridle d of the pawl and link d to assume a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 1, and to engage the ratchet-teeth of the frame a, and to thereby lock the lever fast to the frame, and the brake-shoes to the wheels. The power applied by the hand of the operator to the top of the lever b is transmitted and augmented by the lever c to the rod f, and from thence tothe brake devices and wheels. A reverse motion of the lever 22 will cause the pawl and. 7 link (1 to assume a vertical position and the lever 0 to rise, as shown in Fig. 2, and as required to unlock the compound lever and release the brake-shoes from the wheels.

I claim as my invent-ion The improved wagonbrake lever and automatic lever-locking device, composed of a frame having ratchet-teeth in an arc and section of its edge, a lever of the first order, a lever of the second order, having a sliding connection with the short arm of the lover of the first order, a combined pawl, link, or bridle flexibly connected with the long arms of the two levers, and a rod connected with the central portion of the lever of the second order, 0 to operate in the manner set forth.

EDYVAR-D MILES.

Witnesses:

M. I. COOPER, I. O. S. Goornn. 

